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cubefoxlast Monday at 8:14 PM1 replyview on HN

IQ is about as heritable as body height.

> The results show that the heritability of IQ reaches an asymptote at about 0.80 at 18–20 years of age and continuing at that level well into adulthood.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/twin-research-and-hu...


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tptaceklast Monday at 8:16 PM

2013 is the phlogiston era of this science. Even the hereditarians hedge on the 0.80 claim now.

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